Coffee bag



P 5 A. AL HEDIGER E AL 3,208,854

COFFEE BAG Filed July 9, 1963 ar/zeys I tainer in which water 3,208,854 COFFEE BAG Alice A. Hediger, 1026 Greenwood,

Michel, 905 Linden Ave., both of Wilmette, lll.

Filed July 9, 1963, Ser. No. 293,728 4 Claims. (Cl. 99-77.l)

and Virginia K.

This invention relates to a container for ground coffee and more particularly to a unique coffee bag useful in the brewing of coffee lacking an offensive bitterness in taste.

Bags for containing coffee have been made in various forms over the years and various types of grinds of coffee beans'have been used indifferent kinds of coffee makers in order to brew a palatable coffee liquid. Some tastes prefer'a brewed liquid relatively mild in nature and practically devoid of the relatively bitter taste of the coffee bean itself. Such a liquid can be obtained by a restricted .or limited contact of heated water-with the ground coffee bean. It is in the making of the. latter palatable coffee I brewthat the: present invention is particularly useful.

It is therefore the principal object of this'invention to provide a-new'and useful coffee bag for the brewing of a coffee flavored liquid. 7

It is another object of this invention. to provide a disposable bag'useful with a currently available coffee maker permittingthe making of a coffee liquid devoid ofv abitter taste. v I Afurther object is to provide a coffee bag of the character described in which liquid may pass downwardly in the coffee maker past the bagwithout seeping through either the bag or coffee grounds therein, thus avoiding additional picking up of the coffee essence when the brewing'of theliquid is desired to bestopped.

Other objects, features and advantages of this invention will be apparent froms thefollowing description of a preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated in the acompanying drawings,-in which:

".FIGURE 1 is a side elevational view mostly in section through a coffee maker with the coffee bag of this invention in operative-position therein;

FIGURE 2 is' an enlarged top plan view partially in broken section of the coffee bag of this invention;

FIGURE 3 is a sectional view through the coffee bag of this invention taken substantially along line 3 -3 in FIGURE 2; and

FIGURE 4 is a sectional view-through the coffee bag taken substantially along line 4-4 in FIGURE 2. The coffee maker withwhich the present bag has been used is of thetype that uses a so-called regular grind of coffee. The maker has a-lower-metal or glass water conwardly to the level 12. The container is expected to be placedupon a domesticstove in order to receive heatsufficient to boil the water 11. A heat insulated handle 13 is permanently attached to the lower section. IO-of-the coffee maker and a spout l4 oppositethe handle is provided for pouring the liquid contents of the container. In some instances, it is desirable to provide a removable hinged cover 15 secured by hinge 16 to the coffee closing the spout against some escape-of steam from the lower section.

The upper portion 18 of the coffee maker-is an upwardly open, generally cup-shaped container of a capac ity to receive most, if not all, of the water 11 from the bottom container 10. An inwardly curved section 19 near the bottom of the upper container supports a resilient gasket 20 which seals the two container parts together when in the assembled position of FIGURE 1. The bottom wall 21 of the upper container joins with a downwardly extending water column 22 centrally of the upper container and extending downwardly in the assembly near he bottom 23 of the lower container. A coffee bag 25 11 is illustratedextending -up-- maker for 3,208,854 Patented Sept. 28, 1965 of the present invention is shown resting upon the bottom.

21 of the upper container spanning the open upper end of the water column 22. 'In operation'as'the water 11 is heated and boiled, it will rise into the uppercontainer. When the coffee maker is taken off of the source ofheat, the water will return to the lower containeras the pressure ,therein is diminished. Thisprocessmaybe aided and speedcd by flipping the cover 15 from the spout 14 opening the same. r T

The coffee bags of this invention arefintendedto 'be disposable and made in sizes to fit the coffee makers generally available and further made in multiples measured in accordance with the traditional two, four or six cup meas ures. We prefer to make the coffee bagseach of a two cup size permitting a housewife to for greater capacitywhen desired.

Referring primarily to FIGURES 2'to 4,'the"c'offee bag is made of'a top'wall 26 and'a bottom wall-27,eachhaving a peripheral edge use fmultiples thereof The bottom and topwallsare formed of a filter paper or cloth of fibrous material which will readily allow the passage of water 'the'rethrough but will not allow the ground coffee or grains thereof-to readily passthe' material. The top and bottom walls are spacedapart toreceive ground coffee- 30 between the walls andintermediate the joined peripheral edges. We prefer to uses sewing stitch of thread 31' to join the edgesof the top'and bot- :edges is scalloped so that areas or' spaces, such as 34 and '35, are provided at the periphery'of the'bagir'i'b'etween the outerextremities such as 32 and 33. When the'bag is in the coffee maker, the spaces suchas '34'and 35' being free of either bag or coffee provides a free 'flow'sp'ace or passagewayfor the water to'pass aroundthe bag without passing through either bag or coffee. By this shape of thebag, the steeped liquid in the upper section of the coffee maker may quickly pass the-coffee bag andreturn to the lower mern er 10 without further brewing when desired. I 1" In order to aid the quick passage of the liquid from the upper to the lower containerwithoutfurther'extra'ction of the essence from the coffee, the-sewing'3l on the 'edge of the bag is extended towardthe'central part of the'bag at the inner extent of each scallop, such asis illustrated at 3'6 and 37 in FIGUREZ. Six such areas between the adjacent scallops are shown in theplan .viewof FIGURE 2. Referring to FIGURES 1 and 3, the sewing in toward the central part of-the bag indents the'bag in this area providing a very short distance from the point or place 38 at the bottom of the bag shown in FIGURE 1 to the upper edge 39 of the upstanding water column 22. This short space is all that has to be traversed by the liquid in the upper container to get past the bag and into the water column so as to return to the lower coffee maker part.

By joining the edges by the sewing 31 each bag is pro vided with a peripheral ledge which spaces the coffee inside the bag inwardly from the surrounding walls 19 of the coffee maker. Any water passing the edges of the bag will not come in contact with the coffee and in accordance with the invention, may be quickly returned to the lower coffee maker without further extraction of thecoffee essence. With such construction it has been found that a generally indicated 28in FIGURE 2, which'is co-terminous, of the-same shape and superposed. in mating relationship with the edge of theotherwalL' The shapeof the outer.

1 and having top'and-bottom walls of water permeable material edge' joined and spaced apart-intermediate the edges to form a relatively flat bag each wall of said bag having co-terminous edges with mating scallops extending around the bag, the outer extremities of said walls laying generally-one circle so that the bagmay be placed in a- I generally round .coffee maker: container of similar size V as said-circle without'substantial distortion of thefree form of the bag, said: joined edges extending around and following said scallops providing circumferentially spaced areas about the periphery of the bag and said'top and bottom walls being joined together radially at the juncture of the scallopsfor passage of fluid downwardly past and under the coffee'lbag without passage through the bag and ground liquid away from the coffee bag. 1

.2. A coffee bag for use in brewing coffee, 'in'a coffee maker having tsubstantially round container for ground coffee, comprising: a quantity of'coffee; a closed bag c011 taining said quantity and having top and bottomwalls' of water permeable material capable-of retaining ground coffee frompassage through the walls, said top and bottom walls being generally round withisuperposed periphdevoid of'any bitter taste and ,colfee therein aiding quick flow of-brewederal edges joined together and portions-of said walls intermediate said edges being spaced apart to form a chamber for containing ground coffee, the-outermost peripheral portion of said bag being of a size to be received within the round container of said coffee maker and a portion of said joined edges being indented toward the central portion of said bagofradially beyond the outer extremity of the bag providing a passage beyond the-ledge :of the i bag for fluid downwardly pastthe bag when in the coffee maker. without such fluid passing through the bag.

3. A coffee bag as specified in claimi lwherein the superposed edges of theitopand bottom walls are scalloped around the. periphery of the bag providing a plurality ofpassages for. fluid around the bag when in a coffee makenk 4. A coffee References Cited by the Eiamlner a UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,010,721 12/11 1Brown' 99 -77,1 1,454,739 -v 5/23 Holland 99- 111v "1,947,523 2/34 Hirschhorn 99--77.1

AJLOIYJIS Mon c'E'LL, Primary Examiner; RAYMONDJONES, Examiner.

bag as specified in claim 2' wherein the superposed edges of-the top and bottom {walls are sewnl together forming an edge portion around the bag devoid of the coffee grounds within the bag so that liquid'pass'ing the edges of the bag'do' not" pass through coffee grounds.

3/05 Brown 99-77.1" 

1. A COFFEE BAG FOR USE IN BREWING COFFEE, COMPRISING: A QUANTITY OF COFFEE, A CLOSED BAG ENCLOSING SAID COFFEE AND HAVING TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS OF WATER PERMEABLE MATERIAL EDGE JOINED AND SPACED APART INTERMEDIATE THE EDGES TO FORM A RELATIVELY FLAT BAG, EACH WALL OF SAID BAG HAVING CO-TERMINOUS EDGES WITH MATING SCALLOPS EXTENDING AROUND THE BAG, THE OUTER EXTREMITIES OF SAID WALLS LAYING GENERALLY ON A CIRCLE SO THAT THE BAG MAY BE PLACED IN A GENERALLY ROUND COFFEE MAKER CONTAINER OF SIMILAR SIZE AS SAID CIRCLE WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL DISTORTION OF THE FREE FORM OF THE BAG, SAID JOINED EDGES EXTENDING AROUND AND FOLLOWING SAID SCALLOPS PROVIDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED AREAS ABOUT THE PERIPHERY OF THE BAG AND SAID TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS BEING JOINED TOGETHER RADIALLY AT THE JUNCTURE OF THE SCALLOPS FOR PASSAGE OF FLUID DOWNWARDLY PAST AND UNDER THE COFFEE BAG WITHOUT PASSAGE THROUGH THE BAG AND GROUND COFFEE THEREIN AIDING QUICK FLOW OF BREWED LIQUID AWAY FROM THE COFFEE BAG. 